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The Buchanan side of his family arrived in the United States from Scotland. His paternal grandfather was a general with the Maryland Militia during the Revolutionary War while his maternal grandfather Thomas McKean was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Captain Franklin Buchanan, USN (circa 1855–1861)
E Ingraham Company; Bristol, Connecticut (1884–1958) Eli Terry; Northbury, Connecticut (1795–1852) E N Welch Company; Bristol, Connecticut (1864–1903) F Kroeber; New York, New York (1870–1887) F Kroeber Clock Company; New York, New York (1887–1904) Franklin Clock Company; Philadelphia, Pa (1931-1962) General Electric
Waltham Watch Company. pocket watch. Georg Friedrich Roskopf (1813–1889), German watchmaker, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Roskopf escapement. Matthäus Hipp (1813–1893), German clockmaker, Bern, electric precision pendulum clock. Edward Howard (1813–1904), American watchmaker and manufacturer, Waltham Watch Company, pocket watch.
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The parts, machinery and key skilled workers were shipped out of the USA to form the basis, along with the remains of a watch company purchased a year later, of the clock and watch industry in Moscow such as Poljot and Sekonda. In 1969, the rights to the name, trademarks, and goodwill were transferred to Ansonia Clock Co., Inc., Lynnwood ...
The earliest incarnation of the Waltham Watch Company was founded on this site in 1854, and demonstrated the complete creation of a watch under a single roof. The company went through a number of management and ownership changes, and was known as the American Waltham Watch Company when the first buildings of this facility were constructed ...
In April 2016, Invicta acquired Swiss watch manufacturer Glycine, with Invicta's CEO promising to respect Glycine's independence as it supports the Swiss watchmaker financially. [6] On June 1, 2023, Invicta's US retail division, Invicta Stores, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to close some of its physical retail locations. [7]
The United States Watch Company is a historic factory complex at 260 Charles Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. Built in 1886 and enlarged in 1901, it represents one of the most successful spinoffs of the American Waltham Watch Company , Waltham's dominant watchmaker of the late 19th century.